Tool kit.



.G. M. MOISSON.

TOOL KIT- FILED MA 1918. 1',274,306. Patented July 30, 1918.

GEORGE M. MOISSON, 0F BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA.

TOOL KIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July so, 1918.

Application filed March 20, 1918. Serial No. 223,636.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon M. Moisson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaufort, in the county of Beaufort and State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tool-Kits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved foldable tool kit especially adapted for carrying the tools used on automobiles, but also adapted for carrying tools of various kinds, the object of the invention being to provide an improved device of this character which is simple in construction, is light and cheap, which is extremely portable, which can be readily folded or extended, and which serves to keep the tools separated and with only one tool in each pocket or receptacle of the tool kit, hence greatly facilitating the use of the tools and preventing loss of time in looking for a desired tool.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

, In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a perspective view of a tool kit constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention, showing the same in ex tended position ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the tool kit folded and arranged in a box, the top of the box being shown partly removed.

Fig. 3 is a detailed longitudinal sectional view of my improved tool kit.

Fig. 4t is a detailed transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the same, folded.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a pair of lazy tong members 1, each of which comprises intermediate cross bars 2 and and bars 3. The bars of the lazy tong members are preferably made of malleable iron but the same may be made of any suitable material.

The cross bars 2 are connected together at their centers by pivots 4t and are also connected together at their lower ends by pivots 5 and are connected together at their upper ends by pivot rods 6 which pivot rods are in practice preferably wire. The bars 3 are pivotally connected together at their meeting ends as at 7. The lower bars 3 are pivotally connected to certain of the bars 2 as at 8. The upper bars 3 are pivotally connected to the other end cross bars by rods 9.

The ends of the foldable tool kit comprise members 10, 11, which are preferably made of wood, hinged together as at 12 and are secured to and between the sides of the cross bars 3.

The pockets 1.3 of the tool kit are made from a single piece of canvas or other suitable flexible material the ends and intermediate parts of which are secured to the pivot rods 6, the said piece of canvas being stretched from end to end of the kit and being of such length that it forms folds between the pivot rods 6. Said pivot rods serve to support the pockets and each pocket is adapted to receive one or more tools as shown.

The pockets may be stitched or otherwise suitably secured to the pivot rods 6 and 9.

\Vhen the kit is extended all the tools are exposed as will be understood and any desired tool may be readily obtained. When the kit is folded the tools are kept separate in the respective pockets of the kit, and out of contact with one another. When the kit is folded it may be readily arranged in a suitable box 14 and the box is preferably provided with a suitable removable top 15.

In order to secure the kit when the same is arranged in folded position, I provide hooks 16 each of which is pivotally mounted as at 17 in an eye of one of the end pivot rods and is adapted to engage in an eye of the other end pivot rod, as shown in Figs. 1 and My improved fold-able tool kit serves to keep the tools separated, is especially adapted for use on automobiles as it will not permit the tools to rattle, it enables all the tools to be readily reached as desired, eliminates the trouble of searching for the tools when it is desired to use them, keeps every tool in its place, and avoids the necessity of having to tie up the same.

While I have shown herein and described a preferred form of my invention, I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, and construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention I claim The herein described foldable tool kit comprising a pair of lazy-tongs members intermediate and end cross bars comprising each lazy-tongs member comprising interrods which connect said lazy tongs mem- 10 mediate cross bars and end bars, said interbers together, and pockets of flexible mamediate cross bars being pivotally connected teri al attached and depending from said together at their centers and said end bars pivot rods and arranged between said lazy being pivotally connected together and also tongs members.

being-connected to the ends of the interme- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. diate cross bars, the pivots at one end of the GEORGE M. MOISSON.

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